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Rep. Marcia Fudge says state-approved voter legislation will unfairly invalidate some ballots

By Joe Guillen September 2, 2011

"H.B. 194, the Voter Suppression Bill, invalidates a vote where a voter properly marks the ballot in support of a particular candidate, but also writes…

Did group get it right by calling caucus socialists?

By Eric Stirgus September 2, 2011

U.S. Reps. Hank Johnson, John Lewis and other members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus are "socialists who are openly serving in the U.S. Congress."

Bachmann says Obama ‘has virtually no one in his cabinet with private-sector experience’

By Louis Jacobson September 1, 2011

President Barack Obama "has virtually no one in his cabinet with private-sector experience."

Rick Perry says Obama delivered $2 billion to Brazil to help offshore drilling

By Gregory Trotter September 1, 2011

Says President Barack Obama delivered $2 billion to Brazil to help with offshore drilling projects.

Robert Reich says ratio of corporate profits to wages is highest since before Great Depression

By Louis Jacobson September 1, 2011

"The ratio of corporate profits to wages is now higher than at any time since just before the Great Depression."

Ed Schultz says Social Security lifts more than a million Floridians out of poverty

By Becky Bowers September 1, 2011

"In (Sen. Marco) Rubio's state of Florida alone, Social Security lifts more than -- count it -- a million people out of poverty."

Rep. Dennis Kucinich says ExxonMobil paid no taxes in 2009 and got $156 million rebate

By Sabrina Eaton September 1, 2011

Says that in 2009 ExxonMobil "paid no federal income taxes, received a $156 million rebate."

Bloggers claim New Jersey Congressmen Donald Payne and Frank Pallone are socialists

By Charles Pope September 1, 2011

Say New Jersey Reps. Donald Payne and Frank Pallone are "socialists who are openly serving in the U.S. Congress."

R.I. union leaders says national study shows 20 percent of charter schools perform better than traditional public schools and 40 percent perform worse

By Lynn Arditi September 1, 2011

A national study of 2,500 charter schools shows that "maybe 20 percent do better than the community public schools, 40 percent or so do worse…

Michele Bachmann says U.S. is No. 1 in the world for energy resources

By Louis Jacobson August 31, 2011

"The United States is the No. 1 country in the world for energy resources. … We are the king daddy dogs when it comes to…

Club for Growth says potential Republican U.S. Senate candidate Tommy Thompson supported “Obamacare”

August 31, 2011

Says potential GOP U.S. Senate candidate Tommy Thompson supported "Obamacare"

GOP candidate Kevin Coughlin says there’s not much evidence to support human role in global warming

By Sabrina Eaton August 31, 2011

Says there’s not "much evidence to suggest that people have (contributed to global warming) or can do very much to change anything."

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